Artist: Mark Bennington
Type: Single Page
Printed in Issue: 4th January 1986

The Story

Costalots department store and the Dummies are being laughed at wearing ridiculous polka dotted New Year designs, branded the New Year in Look. At the end of the day they come to life fuming at how embarrassed they were made to look. Big Ead claims the dots have affected his eyes, but it's just a hat that's slipped down over them.

He decides they should be wearing something more stylish, and the dummies decide to bin the Polka Dotsand wear some sensible clothes. Bert ditches his wig, and they dress up in clothes not unlike what the customers who were laughing at them were wearing.

They get back to the window expecting some respect for tomorrow, but the following day they're still being laughed at by customers in Polka Dots because the dummies look odd in the normal clothes!

Notes

This is the first strip of The Dummies
Signs in the window include New Year Styles, Go Dotty at Costalots andn The IN Look
A Price tag in the window suggests the Polka dot clothes are £50